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Phillippa Yaa de Villiers

Poet and lecturer in Creative Writing, University of the Witwatersrand

My first degree was a BJourn from Rhodes, followed by a performance diploma from the Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq in Paris (1989-1991). In 1998 I received my Honours in Dramatic Arts from Wits University and in 2014 graduated from Lancaster University with a MA in Creative Writing (with distinction). I am currently registered for a PhD at Wits University.

Experience

  • –present
    poet and lecturer in Creative Writing, University of the Witwatersrand

Education

  • 2013 
    Lancaster University, MA Creative Writing

Honours

2014 Commonwealth Poet